Will Hamilton or Verstappen be tempted to one-stop?

17 comments on “Will Hamilton or Verstappen be tempted to one-stop?”

1. 

   bogaaaa (@nosehair)
   8th April 2018, 1:08

   Be interested to see RBs race pace, not sure if Ric has the same power spike issues, though l am sure he wouldnt use that excuse anyway.
   1. 

      Patrick (@anunaki)
      8th April 2018, 7:28

      RIC told his car doesn’t have this issue
      1. 

         krxx
         8th April 2018, 18:50

         Bc it isn’t an issue at all.
2. 

   @HoHum (@hohum)
   8th April 2018, 1:20

   Computer says “no”.
3. 

   @HoHum (@hohum)
   8th April 2018, 1:40

   The lack of top speed shown by McLaren suggests a serious problem with their aero-package or less likely their suspension. STR on the other hand either have a brilliant chassis or plenty of power from their HONDA PU.
   1. 

      V12Beard (@v12beard)
      8th April 2018, 3:28

      Honda has been making plenty of power since last season. Go look at Alonso on the straights at Abu Dhabi. They weren’t suffering at all despite the whinging and finger-pointing. Pretty soon they’ll have run out of others to blame and it’s going to become very apparent that McLaren hasn’t built a decent car in years. Or at least that seems to the story that’s unfolding…
4. 

   Sensord4notbeingafanboi (@peartree)
   8th April 2018, 2:13

   Of course Ham will one stop. Max? probably.
   1. 

      juan fanger (@juan-fanger)
      8th April 2018, 2:55

      Max does have 4 sets of new super-softs. Might try to burn through a couple of them, pitting earlier and getting out of phase with the mid-field and trying to run as much as possible in clean air.

      Will be interesting to watch.
      1. 

         ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
         8th April 2018, 6:42

         Yes. Medium was not gonna overheat much, Ham only need a perfect pit window for clear air.

         If Red Bull could fix their party mode algorithm overnight, Max could deploy extra 150 hp on his way up on that supersofts.
   2. 

      Julian (Mr. Sakura) (@xiasitlo)
      8th April 2018, 10:41

      @peartree

      The race does look set doesn’t it? Ferrari’s can go SS if they want to, RBR will have trouble to overtake, Lewis and Bottas have no fresh SS.
      The only three that can cause trouble are Charlie with his VSC shenanigans or a ridiculous show of dominance of Bottas. Or…. it turns out the disturbance is way too much and even on the main straight only 10 overtakes take place.
5. 

   Jere (@jerejj)
   8th April 2018, 7:26

   Can Ferrari convert their front row lock-out into a one-two? Pace-wise, yes, they can
   Will overtaking prove easier than it did in Melbourne? Yes
   And who will lead the midfield fight? Toro Rosso or Renault.
6. 

   Makana (@makana)
   8th April 2018, 9:07

   The big questions are:
   1. Can Kimi overtake Seb at the start? Judging from Seb’s struggles with the new car and from his significantly lower top speed, he clearly sacrificed straight line speed for corner stability. If Kimi gets one on him at the start, it’ll be difficult for Seb to react except with an overcut.
   2. Will Lewis nail his first stint to emerge in the top 4 after the pits, with the Super Softs? This will make him a real danger.
   3. How will the rookies fair in the top 10? Particularly looking forward to Gasly and Ocon.
   4. Will McLaren show up!
   1. 

      nase
      8th April 2018, 13:57

      @makana

      Judging from Seb’s struggles with the new car and from his significantly lower top speed, he clearly sacrificed straight line speed for corner stability.

      Sorry to burst your bubble, but you’re over-interpreting one of the least telling stats of an F1 weekend. The difference between Räikkönen and Vettel was not ‘significant’, it was 4.3 kph – which, on a long straight like the one in Sakhir, is most likely attributable to a slight slipstream.
      The other speed traps (at the end of each sector) tell an entirely different story: Vettel was 2.5 kph faster on the finish line, 1.1 kph faster at the end of sector 1, and just 0.8 kph slower at the end of sector 2. All these speed differences are far, far below any significance threshold and best explained as very minor variations caused by external factors (mostly gusts of wind and perturbations/slipstreams by other cars) that indicate identical setups.
7. 

   BigJoe
   8th April 2018, 13:58

   “Will Hamilton or Verstappen be tempted to one-stop?”

   How well are their computer programs working this weekend?
   Hamilton didn’t even want to stop when he did in the last race. Would be great if you could take away the banks of computers and literally let the drivers do what they want. The results would be as unpredictable as those rainy races we pray for.

   ‘Lewis, computer says no’
8. 

   Andre Furtado
   8th April 2018, 14:11

   Fastest strategies in Bahrain
   With the amount of tyre degradation that we expect for the race, the thoretical quickest pit-stop
   strategies predicted by Pirelli are as follow

   THE QUICKEST
   TWO-STOPPER: 1 stint on supersoft for 15 laps + 2 stints on soft (21+21 laps)

   SECOND QUICKEST
   TWO-STOPPER: 2 stints on supersoft (17+17 laps) + 1 stint on soft to the flag
   and
   ONE-STOPPER: 1 stint on supersoft for 24 laps + 1 stint on soft to the flag (but very long stints)

   THIRD QUICKEST

   ONE-STOPPER:1 stint on soft for 32 laps + 1 stint on medium to the flag
   Different permutations of compound usage within each strategy are possible.
9. 

   Andre Furtado (@f1andy83)
   8th April 2018, 14:27

   From ESPN

   Fastest strategies in Bahrain
   With the amount of tyre degradation that we expect for the race, the thoretical quickest pit-stop
   strategies predicted by Pirelli are as follow

   THE QUICKEST
   TWO-STOPPER: 1 stint on supersoft for 15 laps + 2 stints on soft (21+21 laps)

   SECOND QUICKEST
   TWO-STOPPER: 2 stints on supersoft (17+17 laps) + 1 stint on soft to the flag
   and
   ONE-STOPPER: 1 stint on supersoft for 24 laps + 1 stint on soft to the flag (but very long stints)

   THIRD QUICKEST

   ONE-STOPPER:1 stint on soft for 32 laps + 1 stint on medium to the flag
   Different permutations of compound usage within each strategy are possible.
10. 

    Ben
    8th April 2018, 15:38

    I predict another boring race. Ferrari have too much pace here to be challenged so it’ll be a Sunday cruise for Vettel. Kimi will follow him home with Bottas 3rd. I expect Ricciardo to be close to Bottas throughout the race but just not quick enough to make a pass stick. Hamilton will be in no mans land as he’s too quick to not finish 5th but not fast enough to catch the podium race. Strategy is irrelevant for him as with either he will only end up 5th.

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